Collapsible wardrobe box



June 7, 1932. l, DUKES ET AL 1,861,845

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COLLAPS IBLE WARDROBE BOX Filed June 4, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented June 7, 1932- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ISRAEL DUKES AND BENJAMIN M. ZI'EVE, OI" PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AS-

SIGNORS TO DIAMOND PAPER AND BOX (30., F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A PARTNERSHIP COMPOSED OF ISRAEL DUKES AND BENJAMIN M. ZIEVE OOLLAPSIIBLE WARDROBE BOX Application filed June 4, 1929. Serial No. 368,820.

This invention relates to devices used for packing and shipping clothing. Heretofore, garments have been packed for shipment in wardrobe trunks which are provided with 6 side rails to serve as supports for garment hangers. However, such trunks are expensive and are not convenient and adapted for use by manufacturers in the shipments of large quantities of garments, slnce such trunks are not collapsible and occupy a rela tive large amount of space when not in use.

Garments are therefore generally stacked one on the other and shipped in the ordinary packing cases, reaching the consignee in a wrinkled condition.

For only occasional use the relative expense of a trunk is prohibitive. It is therefore an object of this invention to provide a device for shipping garments which may be made from paper, fabric or other economical materials which is collapsible so that it occupies a negligible amount of space when not in use and is so equipped as to provide all the advantages of a wardrobe trunk.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a collapsible wardrobe hanger embodying the features of a wardrobe trunk, susceptible of economical manufacture and adapted for economical shipment of large quantities of garments by manufacturers, and for occasional shipments by persons who have no need for an expensive wardrobe trunk.

These and other objects are attained by the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanyin drawings constituting a material part 0 this disclosure, wherein:

Fi re 1 represents a perspective view showlng our collapsible wardrobe box in condition for use..

Figure 2 represents a perspective view of the same in a collapsed condition.

Figure 3 represents a plan view of a garment hanger for use with our device.

Figure 4 represents a perspective view of a garment hanger supporting rack, adapted for use in our improved device.

Figure 5 represents a perspective view showin the front and rear of a modified form 0 the packing box member.

Figure 6 represents a perspective view of an insert unit designed for use with the packing box member shown in Figure 5, in a modified form of our invention.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, in Figure 1, a collapsible box member is shown consisting of side walls 7, bottom and top wall 7' and closing flaps 8-and 9 at its ends. Said box member may be made of paper, fabric board or other desired or suitable materials, and may be scored at the junction of the walls so that it may be collapsed as shown in Figure 2.

F astened to the side walls 7 bymeans of rivets or the like, are racks 10, having a portion 11 adapted to be bent to a horizontal position to support one or more garment hangers 12 such as shown in Figure 3.

The garment hanger 12 is provided with portions 13 and 14 presenting jaws for engaging the horizontal portion 11 of the rack, and the hanger 12 is shaped at 15 in the manner of the common coat hanger, a cross member 16 being provided to accommodate trousers.

In operation, the hanger is slid along the racks and firmly held in desired position by the frictional engagement of the upper edge of the hanger 12 with the sides 7 of the box, when weight is applied to the hanger 12 drawing it downward. The number of hangers which may be supported on the rack, depends upon the size of the box member, which may be varied to meet diflerent requirements.

The garments thus packed in the box member should arrive at their destinations in unwrinkled condition. The packing may be made further secure by the use of strings 27 and 28 or the like, fixed to the sides of the box, the strings being for the purpose of binding the garments to prevent their swaying with ensuing damage in transit.

In its collapsed condition, the device will lie fiat as shown in Figure 2, the portion 11 of the rack being bent upward so that it lies parallel to the side of the box to which the rack is attached.

In Figures 5 and 6, a modified form of our invention is shown wherein a three part structure is employed to support the hanger racks 10, said structure consisting of a bottom member 17 and side walls 18, the hanger 5 racks being preferably secured to the upper ends of sad side walls.

For shipping purposes the structure is slid into a box like member 19 through the open end 20 thereof, said member 19 being closed m by a matin cover 21 slid thereover.

At the estination, the packing member need only be slid out of the box to expose the garments shipped for use. The box and the packing member, by virtue of their construction and arrangement, obviously may be collapsed so that they will lie flat and occupy a negligible space when not in use.

From the above description it will be seen that we have provided an inexpensive and 20 effective packing box embodying the features of wardrobe trunks for the shipping of gar-' ments so that they may reach their destinations in an unwrinkled condition.

The foregoing disclosure is to be regarded as descriptive and illustrative only, and not restrictive or limitative of the invent-ion, of which obviously an embodiment may be constructed including many modifications without departing from the eneral scope herein indicated and denote in the appended claims.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

a5 1. In a collapsible garment packing device having rigid sides, angle members mounted on opposite sides, said members being foldable to lie flat against the sides when the packing device is colla sed.

.40 2. A device for ac ing garments, comprising a collapsib e box, garment han er supporting racks attached to 0 posite si es of the box, said racks being oldable 1ongitudinally to a position parallel with the sides of the box, or to a position transverse to the sides of a box.

3. A device for packing garments, comprising a collapsible box, garment hanger supporting racks positioned at op osite sides of the box, said racks being oldable to a position parallel with the sides of the box or to a position transverse to the sides.

4. A device for packing garments, comprising a collapsible box, members attached 5.5 to opposite sides of the box, garment hanger supporting racks hinged to said members, sa1d racks being foldable to a position parallel with the sides of the box.

This specification signed this 1st day of June, 1929.

ISRAEL DUKES. BENJAMIN M. ZIEVE.

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